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JOHN B. BENTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FARE-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,417, dated January 17, 1882.

4 Application filed August 22, last (ModeL) T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I,J0HN B. BENTON, of the city, county, and State of New York. have invented certain new and useful Improvements registering machines of the duplex typethat is to say, toregistering-machines in which are combined two or duplex sets of registering mechanisms and. an alarm apparatus, simultaneously operated by a common actuator or prime mover. One of said registering mechanisms, which is what is commonly called a general or permanent register, is for the purpose of permanently and consecutively registering the fares collected or received on a great number of trips or partial trips of the car or vehicle, itbeing capable of consecutively registering or tallying a large number of fares, so as to show in the aggregate the fares collected on a large number or series of trips, while the other of said registering mechanisms, which is what is commonly called a trip or adjustable register, is for the purpose of consecutively registering the fares collected on each trip or direction of travel only of the car or vehicle, the said trip-register having the capacity of being set to zero or the startingpoint at the beginning of each trip or direction of travel without distuibing the integrity of the record of the general register, to commence tallying or registering anew.

My said invention is designed more paiticularly as an improvement upon the duplex register patented to me March 2, 1880, as No. 225,044. Its object isto provide a fare-registering machine more thoroughly reliable and effective in the prevention of fraud and cheatingor pilferin g on the part of the conductor,

and to compel him either to render atrue and faithful account or be detected in hisdishonest practices; and itconsists in certain new constructions, organizations, and combinations of devices which are parti-.:ulai-ly recited at the close ofthis specification.

In the machine. shown in my said Letters PatentNo. 225,044 there are embodied a general register,-a trip or adjustable register, an alarm,

a punch, mechanism for sin'iultaneously operating said registers, alarm, and punch, and a direction-indicator. My present machine also cmbodiesin its organization all these instrumentalities, and it resembles'closely in some respects the machine patented to me as above stated.

The accompanying drawings show all my present improvements as organized in the best way now known to me. Some of my said im-. prove ments, however, may be used without the others and in registering-machines differing somewhat from the one organized as represented in said drawings.

In said drawings, Figure 1 represents a face or front view of my improved fare-register, the tiip-register being shown as at zero or the starting-point, and the direction of travel be ing indicated as down. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the apparatus with thel'ace'plate or cover removed and part of the direction-indicator plate broken away to show the parts beneath. Fig. 3 is a similar view with a portion of the trip-disks broken away or removed to show the parts beneath, and with the direction-indicator plate and a portion of'its carryingand actuating mechanism also broken away; and Fig. 4 is a similar view with the tripdisks and direction-indicator plate removed and a portion of the works or actuating parts below the tripdisks broken away to more clearly show the operative parts of the machine below said disks and plate. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal central sec tion through the machine on the line 5 5 ofFig. 1. Fig. 6isalongitudinal section through the casing, showing an edge or side view of some of the inclosed operative parts of the machine; and Fig. 7 is a transverse section through the apparatus on the line 7 7 of Fig. 8, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows in said figure.

lhe inclosiug casing A is preferably of a Hat, tapering, curvilinear form,like the casing of my register patented as hercinbefore mentioned, and the operative parts of the mechanism inclosed by the casing are organized, in

the presentinstance, upon the same general principle as those shown in said patent. The two registering mechanisms and the punch are arranged in the upper enlarged end of the casing, while the alarm mechanism, the actuator of the machine, and the (llI'COllOll-llltllfifltOl" are arranged in the lower and smaller end of said casing. The casingis provided with the usual pivoted loops, 0. a, by which to attach the register to or suspend it from the person of the conductor or collector.

The registering mechanism proper consists of two sets: first, a trip ortemporary register to consecutively record, count, or tally the number of fares collected 'on each trip or direction of travel of the car or vehicle, said tripregister having the capacity of being readily set or adjusted to zero or the starting point; and, second, a general, permanent, or continuouslyeountingregisterto consecutively record, count, or tally the whole number of fares collected on all or a great number of trips, said general register showing the aggregate of the fares collected, and being incapable of the resetting or adjustable movements of the tripregister.

The general register is composed of a train or series of registering-wheels, B, (six in number in this instance, arranged in a semicircle.) of well-known construction, and preferablyopcrating on the principle of the well-known Geneva stop-wheels. Said wheels are mounted upon and turn with suitable shafts or axles havingtheir hearings in front in a suitable horseshoe-shaped supporting-plate, O, fixed upon posts 0 rising from a base-plate, D, upon which the operative parts of the register are mounted,(or from the back plate of the machine, if preferred,) and in rear in said baseplate D, or in the said back plate of the register-casing. 'This general or continuouslycounting register is capable of registering or tallying a large number of fares. The first wheel registers units, the next tens, the next hundreds, and so on, each wheel except the unitswheel being provided with ten teeth or notches, b, and all except the last wheel with a plate, I), having an actuatingtongue or projection, b which at every complete revolution of its wheel turns the next highest countingwheel the distance of one tooth, or one-tenth of a revolution. The construction and operation of this class of multiplying-registering mechanismare so wellunderstood as not to need elaborate description, and the concentric arrangement of the wheels is clearly shown in my aforesaid patent. The rear. ends of the shafts of the said register-wheels extend through the base-plate D and back plateof the casing, and lie flush with the exterior surface of said back plate, as shown and described in my aforesaid Letters Patent, being preferably provided each with a notch or mark in lieu of index-fingers or pointers, which notches, in connection withsuitabledials (graduated to correspond with the teeth in the wheels) formed upon the casing, one dial for each wheel, en-

able the indications of the general register to he read off at a glance and obviate all danger of successful tampering with or manipulation of said register.

WVithin the central space ('IC'tlititl by the con centric or semicircular arrangementof t he general register-wheels B is mounted a shaft, axle, or arbor, E, the rear end of which is firmlyfixed or fastened to the stationary supporting baseplate D, which plate is firmly fastened by suitable deviees--screws d, for example-to the inner side of the back'platc of the register-casing. Upon this fixed arbor or shaft E, next the base-plate, is mounted a circular hub or wheel, F, having the capacity of turningaround said arbor as an axis when actuated in the process of counting, as will be presently explained. Said hub F carries, near its inner or rear end, a toothed or spur wheel, f, firmly fixed thereto or forming part thereof. Said spur-wheel fmeshes with the teeth of an idle spur-wheel, G, turning upon a stud-axle projecting from the base-plate D, and said id lewheel G in turn meshes with a spur-wheel, B, fixed to the shaft of the units-wheel B of the general register and actuates said units-wheel in the process of registerin Said hub F is also provided with a ratchet-wheel, F, either firmly fixed to or formed with the hub above or in front of the spur or gear wheel f, said ratchet-wheel F having ten teeth or notches in the present instance, and being for a purpose hereinafter explained. a

The inner or upper end of a sector-arm, H, is fitted over the central arbor, E, upon the reduced cylindrical front end of the hub 1*, so that said sector-arm may be turned or vibrated about said hub as an axis. This sector'arm H carries the driving or actuating pawl h of the register. In the face of said front end of the as shown in Fig. 5, for the reception of two or moreloeking lugs or pins, i, projecting from the a. firm connection between said ratchet-wheel and said. hub is formed to lock the two together, and so that when the ratchet-wheel I (which as ten teeth) is turned about the arbor E in the counting process hereinat'tcrexplained said hub F will be causedto turn correspondingly to communicate motion to the general registertrain.

Mounted upon the arbor E so as to turn thereon in front of the ratchet-wheel I of the hub F is a hub, J, carrying at its inner or rearend a ratchet-wheel, J, either formed with the hub or securely fastened thereto. Said ratchetwheel J has ten teeth in its edge, and is the actuating ratchet-wheel of the register, with which the actuating or driving pawl h of the sector-arm H engages, as will be explained.

hub F are formed two or more holes or pits, f,

back face of a ra-tchebwheel, 1, titted upon the central arbor, E, in front of the hub F, so that 'holes or pits for the reception of pins or lugs projecting from the rear face of a circular capplate, K, so that said hub and cap-plate will be locked together as against independent. turning movements. interposed between the front face of the lrnb J and said cap plate K is the.

units-disk L of the trip-register, said units disk being firmly held or locked to the said hub so as to turn with it by the pins of the cap-plate K, which pass through the disk on their way to the openings or pits in the face of the hub. (See Fig. 5.)

Immediately back of the units disk L, and surrounding a reduced cylindrical portion of the hub J, so as to turn freely about said hub as an axis, is the tens-disk M of the trip-reg; ister, which is somewhat larger in diameter than the units-disk L. Formed with or secured to the rear face of the tens-disk M of the trip register is a gear wheel or ring, m, and this gear-wheel meshes with a spur-pinion, m, mounted to turn freely upon a stud axle, m rising from one end of the horseshoe supporting-plate (J, a cover-plate, m being fastened .down over said wheel to keep it in place and in gear with the wheel m.

Connecting with or'forming part of the pinion-wheel m is a notched wheel, m, the ends of the arms of which, or of its periphery, are hollowed out (like aGeneva stop-wheel) to fit closely the circumference of the cylindricalportion of the hub J, between the ratchet-wheel J and tliegear-wheel m of the tens-dial of the trip-register,whereby said wheels m at will be locked from turning, except when positively operated by a ing or pin, J on the front face of the ratchet-wheel J, which lug engages one of the notches in said wheel at at each revolution of the ratchet-wheel J to turn the tensdisk one-tenth of a revolution. It will thus be understood that thetens-disk is partially turned around the hub J of the units-disk once for each entire revolution of said hub through the me merals 1 to 9, inclusive, a blank space beingv left between 9 and 1, as usual.

For convenience in reading or inspecting the indications of the trip-register, and to enable the passengers to see that the .fares are properly registered, I provide a window or opening,

A, in the front plate of the casing and cover it with'some transparent substance, such as glass, to prevent tamperingwith the disks, or with the mechanism which governs and controls their movements.

Belowthe registering mechanisms,and'inthe smaller end of the casing, is secured the alarm apparatus, which preferably consists of a stationary bell, N, and a bell-ham1n'er,N, the arm or'lever of which is pivoted at n to a suitable post or stud upon the base-plate D, and is normally held slightly out of contact with the-bell by a suitable post or projection, n. The hammer is actuated by the teeth of the ratchetwheel F, fixed upon or formed with the hub F of the general register, as before described. the end a of the hammer-arm, which is acted upon by the teeth of the ratchet-wheel to raise it against the tension or force of an impedingspring,n being formed so as to act as a detent or dog to prevent back movement of thehub F, and consequently of the wheels of the general register-train.

The actuator or prime mover of the appara tus, which is common to both sets of registering mechanism (the trip and general iegisters) and to the alarm. and actuates them simultaneously, or nearly so, consists of a turning center shaft, O,.organized for operation below the registering mechanism, the shaft passing through a central opening in the bell N into a bearing in the base-plate D,in which its lower end turns, while the upper end of said shaft is supported in a bearing above the alarm-bell in a suitable sup rotting-plate, D, secured to posts rising from the baseplate D. This turning shaft has fixed upon it, above the alarmbell and below or behind the plate D, a partial spur-wheel, 0, the teeth of which mesh with spur-teeth formed upon'the lower or outer end of the actuating or sector arm H, the inner end of which arm, as before stated, is mounted upon the cylindrical front end of the hub F and turns or vibrates thereon when actuated by the turning shaft 0.

The vibrating actuating or sector arm H carries a single driving or actuating pawl, h, (clearly shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 7,) which drives or actuates the actuating ratchet-wheel J,and consequently the trip-register, and also the general register, through the medium of the pawl j on the rear face ofthe wheel J, said pawl j engaging with the teeth of the ratchet-wheelI, firmly connected with the hub F, as before described, each actuation of the turning shaft 0 and vibration of the actuating or sector arm H turning the units-disk one-tenth of a revolution to bring its next consecutive number before thewindow in the cas ing, and also turning the hub F one-tenth of a revolution, which movement of said hub is communicated through the gearing to the units-wheel of the general register. As the hub F is turned it will be obvious that the hammer-lever N will be tripped or raised by each successive tooth of the ratchet-wheel F menced.

during the rotation of said wheel, whereby, owing to the force of the impelling-spring. a, the hammer, when released from the tooth that raises it, will be brought down' quickly upon the hell and sound the alarm. At. the tenth actuation or movement ot'the actuating sectorarm H- its aetuating-pawl It will complete the entire revolution of the ratchet-wheel J, hub J, and units-disk L ot the trip-tegister, and at the commencen'tent of said tenth actuation, it the register has been started at zero, the lug or pin J on the wheel J will engage one of the notches in the wheel at and turn said wheel one point, or the distance between two notches, whereby, owing to the near connection between said notched wheel m and the tens-disk or the trip-register, said tens-disk will be moved one point, and the trip register will show at the window in the casinga record of 10, it being understood that at each complete revolution of the units-disk the tensdisk by its gearingwill beturned one point, whereby the trip-register will be capable of registering ninety-nine fares.

The actuating-pawl h is pivoted at or about its center, and is a double-armed pawl, the actuating end of which is acted upon by a spring to throw it in engagement with the actuating ratchet-wheel J when the sector-arm moves forward, while its opposite beveled arm rides against a pin, It, projecting from the under side ofthe supporting-plate 0 when the sector-arm is moved back to its normal position, in order to raise and keep the actuating-point of the pawl out ot'engagement with the actuating ratchet-wheel until the proper time after the commencement of the forward movement of the sector-arm, wln reby no obstruction will exist to the turning or setting of the trip-register backward to zero when the actuator is in its normal position.

The turriing-shaft actuator O is providedoutside the register-casing with a suitable handle or knob, 0 to-turn it, a movement of the knob to the right from its normal position, as shown in Fig. 1,causingthepawl h to carry the registers forward in the counting process one point, or the distance of one tooth, while a reverse or return movement of the knob, or

a movement to the left, carries the sector-arm H to its proper position to permit the actuating-pawl h to engage the ratrhet-wheelJ when a new forward movement ot'said arm His com- The return movement of the actuating-knob is preferably accomplished automatically by a spring. The movement of the turningactuating-knobis limited to aboutone-third of a revolution in the example shown.

In order to keep the outer or lower toothed end of the sector-arm H in proper engagement or mesh with the toothed wheel 0 if the act-' uator-shat't O,I rivet or secure upon the upper or front face of the sector-arm a plate, 1?,

curved to correspond with the curve of the toothed end of the sector-arm, said plate slightly extending beyond the end or teeth of said arm, so as to rest upon the upper or frontsurface of the said wheel 0, whereby the toothed end ofthe arm H cannot move toward the bell nor rest thereon, while owing to the projection .d of the plate I), under or back of which the said plate 1 moves, said end of the sector-arm H cannot move outward away from the bell. Hen'ce it will be seen that the teeth of the sector-arm I1 and those of the wheel 0 are always kept in perfect mesh.

Upon the lower or inner end of the turningshat't actuator 0, next the base-plate D, is formed or mounted a sectorplate, R, having preferably V-shaped teeth formed in its curved edge, which, in connection with a shifting detent-dog,r, pivoted to the-base-plate and acted upon by a spring, compels a complete movement of the register knob or handle in either direction of its movement before it can be re- VQISGLl, it being necessary to carry the toothed sector out of engagement with the detentdog to reverse the movement of the handle or knob and its shaft, whereby a full movement of the knob must. be made in both directions, and consequently all danger of sounding the alarm. without actuating the registersis avoided. The lower end of said actuator-shaft 0 also carries another spur-toothed sector, S, the teeth of which, when the shaftis moved in the process of registering, mesh with similar teeth formed in the edge of the curved end of the longarrn of a double sector-lever, T, fulcrumed at t, the teeth t of the short arm of said lever meshing with spur-teeth a, formed in the edge of a slide-bar, U, carrying at its upper end a punch or cutter-bar, u, the upper end of the punchbar, upon the upstroke of the slide-bar U, being carried across a ticket slot in the tickethcad or punch-frame U, outside the register casing, the punch bar moving endwise in an axial bore of the ticket-head in a well known way.

The punch organization and the mechanism to compel a full movement of the actuator I have here described are the same as those of my Patent No. 225,044.

In order to prevent the conductor from committing frauds by moving the actuator or haudle far enough to show a new number through the trip-register window upon the receipt of a fare,but not far enough to complete the movement to sound the bell and permit the actuator actuator to its starting position, leaving the record of the register or the new figure plainly exposed to view. Such a signal, broadly conofzsaid plate or arm over the face of the disks to form the signal, I merely carry its end ontward a short distance beyond or in front of the edge of the trip disks, as clearly shown in the drawings, and provide it with a tongue to fit a recess in the outer end of a plate, Q, (clearly shown in Figs. 2, 5, 6, and 7,) the inner end of said plate being fitted around a cy1indrical portion of the cap-plate K, so as to turn upon it between a circularflange, k, of said cap-plate and the face of the unitsdisk L of the trip-register.

When the actuator of the machine is in its normal position the signalplate Q is above the window A and is unseen, while when said actuator is turned to operate the machine the outer end of the plate Q is carried around by the arm H with the advancinguumeral of the trip-disk in front of the window. where it obscures the figure and prevents its beiugseen until, by a completion ofthe movement ofthe actuator, the actuator is permitted, by its detent arrangement, to be returned to itsuormal position. This return of the actuator withdraws the signal-plate Q from in front of the window and permits the record of the register to be readily seen.

The operation of the machine thus far described is as follows: At each movement of the-actuating-knob 0 from left toright the sector or gear-wheel O, meshing with the actuating or sector arm H, vibrates'or moves said sector arm from left to right, engaging its actuating-pawl h with the ratchet-wheel J, thereby turning the units disks or wheels of both the trip and general registers the distance of one tooth or one-tenth of a revolution, the hammer being tripped at the same time to sound the alarm by the teeth of the ratchet-wheel F, while the punch is reciprocated by the sector S through the intermediatelever-counectit-m. The movt ment of the knob, when completed, is then r eversedthat is, said knob is turned toward the left to bring the parts into position for a new actuation, the aetuations continuing consecutively as each fare is received. tenth actuation of the knob the unitswheel ot' the general register turns the tens-wheel of that register one point, as before described, which operation continues throughout the. series of wheels, while at every tenth actuation of the units-disk of the trip-register the tensdisk is turned one point or one tenth of a revlution, as before described, the trip-register then showing a record of ten actuations of the knob or actuator, and consequently that number of fares collected, while a like recozd or increase is shown by the permament register.

7 A directiou-indicator consisting of a circular plate or disk, V, and its carrying devices is mounted in front or. above the alarm-bell At the' a52,417 v v 5 upon the upper end of the actuating-shaft 0, around which, or a tubular extension, 61 of the supporting-plate D, in which the upper end of the shaft 0 is supported, the said direc-' (ion-plate V audits carrying devices are free to turn, so as to change at the proper time the visible indications upon the face of said plate which iridicate different directions of travel or trips of the car or vehicle. The face of the direction-plate has in this instance near its periphery and at two points directly opposite each other the wordsUp 'aud Down, which would be the proper signs to employ on a road or route ruuningiuthosedirections; butit will be obvious that other words, signs, letters, or mark-s may be employed asoccasion or circumstances require. In order to afford a conspicuous display of the indication or sign of the direction-indicator, a suitable glass covered window, A is formed in the front plate of the casing, as shown in Fig. l, beneath which one only at a time of the signs or indications of the direction-plate can he brought.

A suitable spring or friction washer, '0, is

interposed between the upper or front faceof the direction-plate V and the back of the faceplate of the casing, in order to preserve the proper working position of said indicator.

The carrying devices of the direction-indicator plate consist of a gear-wheel, V, firmly connected to the back of said plate, a circular wheel or riug,V firmly connected to the back of said gear-wheel V and having two stop teeth or ro'ectious 12 in its circumference and a circular ring or wheel, V firmly connected to the back of said wheel V and pro- .vided in its edge or circumference with ratchet-teeth It will be understood, of course, that the wheels V V V may be formed of one piece and connected to the direction-plate V, instead of being formed separately and then connected together and to said direction-plate.

A pivoted detent pawl or dogfd mounted on the upper surface of the supporting-plate D, engages the ratchet-teeth o of the wheelv V and prevents back movement of the directiou plate, thus compelling it to travel in a forward direction only ndicated by the arrow in Fig. 2) to change its indication.

A three-armed lever, W, is pivoted at its central portiou,frotu which the three arms rathree armedle ver W t'allingiuto notches formed in the flange 7c of the cap-plate K and in the edge of the tens-disk when the tripdisks stand at zero or the startiug-poiut, as shown in Fig.

2, into which notches said bent ends of the lever-arms are forced by the action of a spring, 1), coiled about the pivot-post of the lever, and having one of its ends connected with the arm of said lever, and its other end compressed so as to engage the supportingplate D. The third arm, 20 of the lever W terminates in a. hooked end, and its function is to'engage one of the stops or projections v of the wheel V of the direction-plate, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, to limit the turning of the direction-plate when being shifted to half a rotation, which is the distance said plate is to be moved in order tochange its indication. Said directionplate V is shifted to change its indication by means of a pinion-wheel, a2, meshing with the gear-wheel V, said pinion being firmly keyed to a shaft, or, having a hearing at itsinner end in the supporting-plate D, and at its outer or front end in abracket-platc, m fastened to the said supporting-plate D, the pinion whecl so being between said bracket 50 and said plate D. The outer end of the shaft 00 of the actuating pinion-wheel of the direction-plate is extended outward or forward, and receives a knob or finger-wheel, X, on the outside of the casing, said knob being firmly securedto the front end of the shaft .70 in order to turn it. It has been stated that the direction-plate is locked from backward rotation by a detent or dog, and consequently the knob X can be turned in one direction only to shift the direction-indieator plate.

Keyed to the shaft 00, and interposed between the pinion-wheel a: and the supportingplate D,is a cam-piece, 40 '(shown clearly in Figs. 3 and 6,) a notch, as, being formed in the outer curved edge of said cam-piece, as shown in the first of said figures. This cam-piece m is for the purpose of acting upon thelong arm 3 of a detent-lever, Y, pivoted at y to the upper or front surface of the supporting-plate O,

the upper short arm of said lever terminating in a rearward'ly or inwardly bent end, which engages the teeth ofthe actuating ratchet-wheel J of the register to lock it, and consequently the trip-register, from back rotation or movement during the counting process. (See Figs. 3, 6, and 7.) A spring, 3 acts upon said lever Y to keep its upper end normally in engagement with the ratchet-wheel J. Suppose, now, that the car has made the down-trip, and that fifty fares have been registered. It is the conductors duty before proceeding on the up-trip not only to change his direction-indicator to show Up,o1'the reverse direction oftravel, but also to reset histrip-register to the Zero or starting-point, so as to commence registering anew. He therefore turns the knob X, which causes the cam-piece x to force the long arm y ofthe detent-leverY inward toward the center of the machine, and consequently rock the upper end of said lever out of engagement with the teeth of the a tuatingratchet-wheel J, thus leaving the'trip-register free to be turned backward to zero. The turning ofsaid knob also begins the rotation of the direction-plate through the pinion-wheel; but the direction plate, before cornpleting its half-turn necessary to show a new indication at its window, is stopped by one of its stops or projections 12 of the wheel V coming in contact with the bent end of the arm 20 ot' the three-pronged lever \V, and this owing to the fact that said arm has been moved or cammed out into the .path of said projection owing to the counting operations of the tripdisks, the notch in the cap plate K, into which the bent end of the arm to is projected when the trip-register stands at zero, camming said arm and the other arms of the lever V\ outo ward upon the first actuation of the tripdisk, as will be obvious. It is therefore necessary in order to complete the shifting of the direction-indicator, and so as not to leave theindicator in a partially-shifted position, as it canthe projection v of the wheel V and permits the direction-piate to be turned its entire halt"- rotation to show its new indication at the window, beyond which point it cannot be turned, as the hooked end of the arm 20 of the threepronged lever will catch the projection orstop t and stop the direction-plate from further movement.

I It will be obvious that when a new shifting operation of the direction-indicator plate is to take place at the end of a trip the hookedend of the arm 10 will be out ofthe way of the projections o sons to permit the commencement of the shifting movement, and this owing to the camming outward ot' the lever W by the rotation ofthe cap-plate K and tens-disk M of the trip-register in the counting process, while as soon as the armsw wof saidleverarc forced into their notches in said cap-plate and tensdisk,whenthetrip-registerisatzero,thehooked end of said arm 10 will be throwninto the path of the projection 1 to prevent movement of the dii eetion-indicator plate beyond the proper point.

The tripregister is reset backward in the organization l have described, and this is accomplished by means of a knob, Z, upon the outside of the case, which connects, by a pin-connection preferably, with a ratchet wheel, 2, mounted upon the front end of the arbor E, in front of the cap-plate K, said ratchet-wheel, when the knob is turned in one-direction,moving around the arbor without any effect upon the trip-disks, while when turned in the oppo-' site direction its teeth engage a pawl, k pivoted upon the face of the cap-plate K, and turn said cap-plate, and with it the trip disks, in a backward direction until the zero-point is reached, at which point the trip-register is stopped, owing to the engagement of the arm to of three-armed lever W with the notch in the edge of the tensdisk before described. .At the commencement ofthe turning movement of the knob X to shift the direction-plate the upper end of thelever Y, as before stated, is rocked outward from engagement with the ratchetwheel J by the cam n0 toperinit the trip register-to be reset or turned backward, and this rocking action carries the lower end of said leverY, which is bent inwardly to form a stop, inwardly in front ofa projection, 0, of the wheel 0 of the actuator O, and constitutes a positive stop or barrier against the actuation or operation of the actuator and of the register until removed, and this barrier continues as long as the trip-register is in a condition to be moved by the resetting mechanism. The lever Y cannot be moved by its spring to its normal'position with its upper end in engagement with the ratchet-wheel J until the direction-plateis fully shifted, and said direction-plate cannot beshil'ted until thetrip-register is reset. As soon as the shifting of the directiou-indicator plate is accomplished the cam 90 is in the position shown in Fig. 3, and the lever Yis then thrown by its spring into its normal position, as shown in said figure, thusreleas ingtheactuator and locking the trip-register positively against back rotation or a resetting movement.

In order to prevent the shifting-knob X of the direction-indicator from being turned when the actuator has been moved forward in the counting process and before it is returned to its normal position, I pivot a bentlever, Z, to the p'late D, the upper outwardly-bent end 2 of which engages the notch or in the cam-piece a of the direction-platc shifting mechanism (see Fi s. 8 and (t) and locks said cam-piece from turning when the actuator is moved forward to make a count, while, when the said actuator is reversed and reaches its normal position in readiness for a new actuation of the register, a pin or lug, 0 projecting from the upper surface ofthe wheel 0, comes in contact with the lower or tail end of said lever and lifts its upper end out of the notch in the campiece 00 to release said cam and its actuatingknob X, which may then be turned to shift the direction-indicator. A spring, 2, acts upon said lever Z to throw its locking end into the notch of the cam-ac as soon as the tail end of the lever is released from the pressure of the pin 0 consequent upon the forward movement before set forth, of the arbor or shaft, the hub provided with a connection to rotate the general register-wheels,mounted so asto turn around said arbor, the hub to rotate the tripregister wheels or disks, also mounted so as to turn around said arbor, and the ratchet-andpawl connection beiween said hubs, whereby the turning movements of the hub of the tripregister in the counting direction may be communicated to the hub of the general register, whileits turning movements in the opposite direction are independent and free of said general register.

2. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the arbor or shaft, the hub to drive the general register, mounted so as to turn upon said arbor, the actuating or sector arm titted to turn or vibrate upon the front end ot'said hub, anila ratchet-wheel connected with said hub in front of said arm to drive the hub when said arm is vibrated. I

3. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the arbor or shaft, the hub provided with a connection to rotate the general register-wheels, mounted so as to turn around said arbor, the hub to rotate the trip register wheels or disks, also mounted so as to turn around said arbor, the ratchet-nndpawl connection between said general-register and trip-register.hubs, thcaotuating ratchet-wheel of said trip-register. hub, and the actuating or sector arm having a single driving or actuatin'g pawl to engage the teeth of said actuating ratchet-u heel, wherebythe vibration or movement ofsaid actuating-arm suffices by its singe driving-pawl to actuate the trip and general registers simultaneously, or nearly so,

while said trip-register may be. set independeutly of said generaltregister.

4. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set l'orth,'ot' the arbor or shaft, the trip-register hub, mounted so as to turn around said arbor, the actuating ratchet teeth or wheel of said hub, the sector-arm, sarrying a pawl to engage said teeth or wheel to turn said hub, the units-disk, connected with the frontend of said hub by a cap-plate so as'to turn wi h it, the tens-disk, mounted so as to turn upon said hub below or in rear of the units-disk, the gearing by which said tens-disk is turned one point for each complete revolution ofthe units-disk,

and the set-back knob upon theoutsideof the casing, connected with s iid cap-plate by a pawland-ratchet connection.

5. The combination, substantially as hereinbeforesct forth, of the arbor or shaft, the actuating-wheel of the trip-register, turniiig about said arbor, the actuating or sector arm, also turning about s'iid arbor as a center, and the double-armed actuating or driving pawl of said sector-arm, one end of which engages said actuating-wheel of the register on the forward stroke of the arm to move the register in the counting process, while the opposite end of said pawl engages or strikes a stationary pin or abutment onthe back stroke of the sector-- arm to throw the pawl outofengagt ment with the ratchet-wheel, so as to affnrd no obstruction to the backward movement of the trip register when reset.

6. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the arbor or shaft, the trip-register hub turning upon said arbor, the actuating ratchet-wheel of said hub, the driving-pawl engaging said ratchet-wheel to turn it in the proves of counting, the units-disk connected with the froni end of said hub, the tensdisk fitted to turn around said hub, the gearwheel forming part of said tens-disk, the toothed wheel with which said gear-wheel meshes, the notched wheel connected with said toothed wheil to turn it, and overlapping the front face of the actuating ratchet-wheel of the hub, so as to engage a curved surface of said huh to lock the notched wheel, and the ing or pin on the front face of said actuating ratchet-wheel to engage said notched wheel to positively turn it the distance betweentwo of its notches once for each complete rotation 0t said actuating ratchet wheel.

7. The combination,substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the tripregister disks, the actuating or sector arm to actuate said disks, and the signal-plate Q, titted at one end to turn about a support in front of said disks and jointed at the other end to said actuatingaim, so as to move therewith.

S. The combination, substantially as here inbefore set forth, with a trip-register and its actuator, of a pivoted lever which in one posi tion [)IGV! nts a backward resetting movement of the trip-register while freeing the actuator of the machine, while in another position it permits the register to be reset in a backward direction while looking the actuator against its counting movement or actuation.

9. The combination,substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the trip register, the actuating ratchet-wheel of said register, the pivoted detentdt-ver, the upper end of which normally engages said ratchet-wheel through the influence of a spring, and a cam controlled by a knob upon the ontsideof the register casing to rock said lever to disengage it from said act itating raichet-wht-el.

10. The combination, substantially as hereinbeforc set forth, of the trip-register, t heactuating ratchet wheel or teeth of said re ister, the actuator of said r gister, and the pivoted lever, one end of whichin one position of the lever engages said ratchet Wheel or teeth to prevent back movement of the register, while theopposite end, in another position of the lever, engages the actuator to lock it while per mitting of a resetting movement of said tripregister.

11. The combination, substantially as hereinbelore setl'orth, of the trip-register, the actuating or sector-arm carrying a driving-pawl to actuate said register in the counting process,

12. The combination, substantially as here in before set forth, of a register, the actuator of said register, a dircction-indicator,the shift ing or setting mechanism of said indicator, and a locking mechanism which permits said shifting or setting mechanism to be operated to shift or set said indicator when the actuator is in its normal position in readiness to actuate the register, while it automatically locks said shifting mechanisnrwhen the actuator is moved forward in its counting direction.

13. The combination,substantially as hereinbi-fore set forth, of the ti ip-register, theactuator of said register, the detent-lcver to prevent back movement of said register, the knob or device to rock said detent-lever to permit the register to be moved backward or reset, and a locking device which in one position permits said knob or device to be moved to rock the detent'lever, while in another position it engages said-knob or device and post tively looks it from movement.

14. The combination, substantially as hereiubefore set forth, of the direction-indicator plate with the wheel or portion connected therewith provided with projections or surfaces to positively limit the shifting or turning movement of said indicator.

15. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the direction-indicator plate, the gear-wheel of said plate, thcpinionwheel meshing with said gear-Wheel, and turned by a knob outside the case to shift the indicator, the ratchet-wheel of said indicator,

and the detent-pawl engaging said ratchetwheel to prevent back movement of said indicator.

16. The combination, sub.-tantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the direction-indicator plate, the gear-wheel to shift said indicator, the wheel or portion provided with projections or stops to limit the shifting movement of said indicator, and the ratchet-wheel or teeth to prevent back movement of said indicator.

17. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the trip-register, the direction-indicator, the three-armed lever, two arms of which engage said trip'register and one of whichengages the direction-imlicator, the notches in said trip-register, into which the two arms which engage the trip-register are automatically forced when said register stands at zero, and the projection or stop on said direction-indicator, with, which the arm which engages the said indicator connects to stop the indicator at the proper pointwhen being reset or shifted.

18. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of the trip-register, its actuator, the det eut-lever to prevent backward movement of said register, the direction-indicator plate locked from back movement, the knob to shift said indicator and,rock said detent-lcver to permit the register to be reset, the wheel or portion of said indicator provided with projections or stops to limit its shiftingmovement, and the three-armed lever,

two arms of which engage the trip-register sitates resetting the trip-register to zero be- 10 and are forced into notches therein when the fore the shifting of the indicator can be comtrip-register is at zero, while the third arm enpleted.

gages the one of the projections of the indica- In testimony whereof I have hereunto subtorto limitits m0vement,whereby amovement I scribed my name. of the knob to shift the indicator releases the I detent-lever from the trip-register, carries a Witnesses:

stop of the direction-indicator against one of GEO. H. EVANS, the arms of said three-armed lever, and neces- WM. A. POLLOGK.

JOHN B; BENTON.. 

